Korean slang profile
토막 여행
tomak yeohaeng
Short trip nearby
A short trip to a nearby place when taking a long vacation is difficult.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2010
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
주말 반나절을 내어 근교로 토막 여행을 다녀왔다.
I took half a day on the weekend for a 토막 여행 to the outskirts.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “토막 여행” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection defines it as a short trip to a nearby place when it is difficult to set aside enough time. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026